prismatica | [BACKDATED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DREAMWEAVER EVENT] [VIDEO]

[The feed doesn’t begin with anything special. It’s just a room like any other.]

[Except for one thing: the wall is covered in papers that have been doodled on extensively. There are a lot of crossed out drawings, one or two mathematical equations that don’t really amount to anything, and a lot of red string connecting things together. There’s a decent pan over the demonstration as a whole before there’s a voiceover.]

Okay, hello! This is Laguna! Hope everyone’s doing okay during this whole not-sleeping mess! I think I may have a discussion topic that’ll hopefully keep us awake, at least until we can settle this debate.

[He clears his throat.]

Today I’m talkin’ burgers. Not just any burgers, but burgers from diners and burgers from bars. And when I say burgers from bars, I mean the superior burger. Though it seems some people want to disagree.

SO!

I’ve put together some evidence to back up my claims.

[Laguna holds up the communication device to a couple of drawings covered in the scrawl of either a madman, someone who’s seriously feeling the effects of sleep deprivation, or a terrible combination of the two:]

BEHOLD. The chaos that you’d find in a diner that has way too many items on their menu to focus on a good burger. Now, I’m not saying that they can’t make good food, but a place that focuses on too much at once isn’t going to have any special love for their burgers! Then you got a bunch of people working at once and if there’s any kinda miscommunication, it all comes tumbling down.

Now, if you’re going for a burger at a bar…

[The camera pans to another doodle:]

Exhibit B!

You’ve got two or three people working together putting all of their love and effort into making something really special with their burgers. A delicious burg, some beer that compliments it, and there you have it! An impeccable dining experience where you’re surrounded by your buds and sharing some food that makes you and your tummy happy. It’s just an overall better experience!

With that, I’d like to position this to you, Lunatia!

[Laguna places the communication device on what’s probably an unsteady surface to focus on him and him alone as he prepares his final statement:]

Bar burgers are the best burgers and you can’t change my mind!

 DISCUSS!!!

 [And, right on cue and in what’s probably the only way to end this... whatever this is..., his device falls over, flipping the image sideways.]

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Oh. Heh. Yeah. Her name's Kohaku. We actually met in a different world from this one, then wound up here together. I have no idea how to go about actually plannin' the weddin' but I'll... figure somethin' out.

I mean she'd probably be just as happy if it was us on the beach sayin' sappy vows to no one but us, but I wanna make it special somehow, y'know?

[Suddenly, burger conspiracy boards don't matter! The comm shakes and blurs as Laguna walks over to a table and takes a seat. Then, he slips it off, placing it onto the table's surface so he can talk to it directly, chin resting in a palm as his elbow tilts to prop it up.]

Yeah, I hear ya.

[He grins.]

She's important to you, and because she's important, she deserves to have that special day be all about her. You wanna thank her for brightening up your life.

[Well, Rin certainly wasn't expecting that, but he's kind of glad they're having a more... grounded conversation.]

Well, yeah. Totally. The place we were in before this... it was pretty awful, for a lotta reasons, but she was someone I could rely on when it got tough. We made a lot of friends but lost just as many, so the fact that we kept findin' each other feels like we're meant to be together. I really want the whole thing to be special.

[Not only is the conversation grounded, but Laguna is giving all of his attention to everything Rin has to say, taking it all in and thoughtfully nodding along.]

So you guys were fated to be together. S'funny how stuff like that turns out, especially when it comes to someone you love.

[He grins!]

Do you have any mutual buddies here now?

[Awfully nice of him to do that for someone who he just met, and was chastising him for being 'tin foil hat' earlier.

But, hey, friends have been made through stranger connections.]

Yeah! Seems like it, anyway. Hell, I even went home and came back in like three days and she was still here.

[Mutual friends?]

Mm, yeah, I'd say so. I run Niisan's Teppanyaki on Crystal Beach and she works there as a hostess, too. Lotta people I wound up hirin' were either friends to begin with or became friends with us later. Oh, and there's my adopted sister, Setsura.

[It's better to be friends than enemies in nearly any situation, name-calling included!]

[Besides, this kid's in love. That's something to be celebrated, not argued over.]

Okay, so, you both work in the same place––a place that you happen to run, with friends that also work there, too. And you've got family around.

So, first, are you holding the reception at this restaurant?

[He really is. Kohaku is everything to him. He'd fight every god and moon and whatever possible to be with her if he had to.]

I was thinkin' about it. Probably have the actual ceremony on the beach? That's where I asked her.

There you go!

Ceremony on the beach, and then a nice little reception back at a place that's special for you, your friends, and your family. As for the after party, what's a place that's special just for the two of you?

Oh, also, you're gonna need someone who can actually marry the two of you. All that legal stuff, if you care about it.

Mmmm... I haven't thought about that much. Sounds weird but our apartment is pretty special. The place we were in before, everythin' was fallin' apart, it was a mess and we were lucky to have mattress that wasn't sunken in the middle, so the apartment we have now is like heaven.

Plus I think our kitten would get mad if we didn't come home after.

[As for the whole legal part of it-]

Yeah. I've talked to a few people but I'unno who even is still around that can uh. What's the word. Offic-- somethin'?

That's not weird at all! It's your wedding, man. If your apartment is the most special place for you, then that's the perfect place to go once everything is done.

Annnnd... I think the person you're thinking about is an aficionado!

[It's not.]

[Not even close.]

[Laguna, you were doing so well...]

Mochi will get to feel like the most special kitty that day then.

[Of course for a cat that's every day.]

Hm. I... 'unno, that doesn't sound right, but I'm way too dumb to know for sure.

It's totally right! You can trust me on that!

[There are a lot of things you can trust Laguna with.]

[That's not one of them.]

Anyway! It sounds like you've got a couple of plans in the starting phase. What else do you need help with? I'm all ears!

[And Rin doesn't know any better.

Beautiful.]

I'm still stuck on what I wanna wear. Where I'm from there's more traditional stuff, but Western-style weddings got more popular as I was growin' up so the option for a full-on suit is there, too.

[There's no way this can end poorly.]

I would say go traditional! You wanna represent, right? May as well put your whole culture into it!

[Absolutely not.]

Might as well, yeah. I mean I was raised Catholic and they usually do suits but I don't really practice anymore? I stopped goin' to church when I was like ten after arguin' with Dad about it a ton.

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